Product name　Karuga Eggplants

Product description

Karuga Eggplants: Prized eggplants cultivated for over 40 years

Superior eggplants raised by exceptional farmers in Karuga, the closest true countryside to Hiroshima, home to historic sites, and full of natural beauty.

Karuga Eggplants are elegant light green eggplants that have been raised by exemplary farmers for their own needs for over 40 years in the countryside town of Karuga-cho in Asakita Ward, 30 minutes from Hiroshima City on the Geibi Line. Using a blend of traditional cultivation techniques and modern specifically-cultivated crop management, Karuga Eggplants are known for their smooth, melt-in-your-mouth texture, as well as their high-level of food safety.

Having won countless competitions, these eggplants have impeccable flavor, earning a regional collective trademark by the Japan Patent Office as a brand name vegetable that proudly bears the name of its countryside home. It is hoped that these prized eggplants will help revitalize the town of Karuga.

Retail price

[1 box/size 2L(3 pcs), or size L (3 pcs) and size M (2 pcs)] ¥2,160 (incl. tax), plus shipping

Supply period

From July to October

Major retailers

Supermarkets and department stores in Hiroshima City, JA Toretate Genki-ichi Market, etc.

Company name

NPO Karuga

Zip code

739-1753

Address

3544-1 Karuga-cho, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima City

HP

NPO Karuga（External link）

E-Mail

[email protected]

Tel

+81(0)82-844-0826

Fax

+81(0)82-844-0826